1BibTeX::Parser(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    BibTeX::Parser(3)
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NAME

6       BibTeX::Parser - A pure perl BibTeX parser
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SYNOPSIS

9       Parses BibTeX files.
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11           use BibTeX::Parser;
12               use IO::File;
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14           my $fh     = IO::File->new("filename");
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16           # Create parser object ...
17           my $parser = BibTeX::Parser->new($fh);
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19           # ... and iterate over entries
20           while (my $entry = $parser->next ) {
21                   if ($entry->parse_ok) {
22                           my $type    = $entry->type;
23                           my $title   = $entry->field("title");
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25                           my @authors = $entry->author;
26                           # or:
27                           my @editors = $entry->editor;
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29                           foreach my $author (@authors) {
30                                   print $author->first . " "
31                                       . $author->von . " "
32                                       . $author->last . ", "
33                                       . $author->jr;
34                           }
35                   } else {
36                           warn "Error parsing file: " . $entry->error;
37                   }
38           }
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FUNCTIONS

41   new
42       Creates new parser object.
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44       Parameters:
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46               * fh: A filehandle
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48   next
49       Returns the next parsed entry or undef.
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NOTES

52       The fields "author" and "editor" are canonized, see
53       BibTeX::Parser::Author
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SEE ALSO

56       •   BibTeX::Parser::Entry
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58       •   BibTeX::Parser::Author
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VERSION

61       version 1.02
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AUTHOR

64       Gerhard Gossen <gerhard.gossen@googlemail.com> and Boris Veytsman
65       <boris@varphi.com>
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68       This software is copyright (c) 2013-2016 by Gerhard Gossen and Boris
69       Veytsman
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71       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
72       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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76perl v5.34.0                      2022-01-20                 BibTeX::Parser(3)
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